Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Sue Gregory; Brent Gregory; Mathew Hillier; Lisa Jacka; Stefan Schutt; David Ellis; Frederic Stokes-Thompson; Denise Wood; Yvonne Masters; Helen Farley; Lindy Orwin; Ieva Stupans; Sheila Scutter; Ian Warren; Caroline Steel; Penelope Neuendorf; Matt Bower; Charlynn Miller; Shane Mathews; Des Butler; Merle Hearns; Jaime Garcia; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Ross Brown; Grant Meredith; Eimear Muir-Cochran; Kim Flintoff; Scott Grant; Clare Atkins; Belma Gaukrodger; Angela Giovanangeli; Karen Le Rossignol; Ian Larson; Andrew Cram; Dale Linega; Xiangyu Wang; Tracey Muir; Ben Cleland; Edith Paillat; Jenny Grenfell; Lyn Hay; Ning Gu; Anthony Williams; Simeon Simoff; Anton Bogdanovych; Angela McCarthy

Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Sue Gregory
, Brent Gregory
, Mathew Hillier
, Lisa Jacka
, Stefan Schutt
, David Ellis
, Frederic Stokes-Thompson
, Denise Wood
, Yvonne Masters
, Helen Farley
, Lindy Orwin
, Ieva Stupans
, Sheila Scutter
, Ian Warren
, Caroline Steel
, Penelope Neuendorf
, Matt Bower
, Charlynn Miller
, Shane Mathews
, Des Butler

Merle Hearns, Jaime Garcia, Jay Jay Jegathesan, Ross Brown, Grant Meredith, Eimear Muir-Cochran, Kim Flintoff, Scott Grant, Clare Atkins, Belma Gaukrodger, Angela Giovanangeli, Karen Le Rossignol, Ian Larson, Andrew Cram, Dale Linega, Xiangyu Wang, Tracey Muir, Ben Cleland, Edith Paillat, Jenny Grenfell, Lyn Hay, Ning Gu, Anthony Williams, Simeon Simoff, Anton Bogdanovych, Angela McCarthy

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Abstract

Virtual worlds (VWs) continue to be used extensively in Australia and New Zealand higher education institutions although the tendency towards making unrealistic claims of efficacy and popularity appears to be over. Some educators at higher education institutions continue to use VWs in the same way as they have done in the past; others are exploring a range of different VWs or using them in new ways; whilst some are opting out altogether. This paper presents an overview of how 46 educators from some 26 institutions see VWs as an opportunity to sustain higher education. The positives and negatives of using VWs are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ascilite 2012: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 25-28 November 2012: Proceedings
Publisher	Massey University
Pages	361-368
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780473229894
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference - Duration: 23 Nov 2014 → …

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Conference	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference
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Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Hillier, M., Jacka, L., Schutt, S., Ellis, D., Stokes-Thompson, F., Wood, D., Masters, Y., Farley, H., Orwin, L., Stupans, I., Scutter, S., Warren, I., Steel, C., Neuendorf, P., Bower, M., Miller, C., Mathews, S., ... McCarthy, A. (2012). Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. In ascilite 2012: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 25-28 November 2012: Proceedings (pp. 361-368). Massey University.

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Gregory, S, Gregory, B, Hillier, M, Jacka, L, Schutt, S, Ellis, D, Stokes-Thompson, F, Wood, D, Masters, Y, Farley, H, Orwin, L, Stupans, I, Scutter, S, Warren, I, Steel, C, Neuendorf, P, Bower, M, Miller, C, Mathews, S, Butler, D, Hearns, M, Garcia, J, Jegathesan, JJ, Brown, R, Meredith, G, Muir-Cochran, E, Flintoff, K, Grant, S, Atkins, C, Gaukrodger, B, Giovanangeli, A, Le Rossignol, K, Larson, I, Cram, A, Linega, D, Wang, X, Muir, T, Cleland, B, Paillat, E, Grenfell, J, Hay, L, Gu, N, Williams, A, Simoff, S , Bogdanovych, A & McCarthy, A 2012, Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. in ascilite 2012: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 25-28 November 2012: Proceedings. Massey University, pp. 361-368, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference, 23/11/14.

Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. / Gregory, Sue; Gregory, Brent; Hillier, Mathew et al.
ascilite 2012: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 25-28 November 2012: Proceedings. Massey University, 2012. p. 361-368.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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